President Obama said Friday the decision to give millions in taxpayer money to a now bankrupt solar company in Colorado "was made by the Department of Energy," but emails reveal DoE officials pushing the loan based on pressure from the White House.

Previously undisclosed emails made public today describe multiple instances of White House pressure on career Department of Energy officials to speed up approval of government loans to clean energy firms like Solyndra and Abound Solar.

President Obama claims that political considerations did not influence the Energy Department's green energy loan program, but newly-released internal emails show that his administration subsidized Nevada companies in order to aid Harry Reid's reelection.

The problem is that all of these green jobs the Obama administration likes to tout aren't wind-powered; they're subsidy-powered. Ergo, they are not productive jobs and they come at an overall cost to our economy, whatever trumped-up statistics might say.

You may recall that Abound Solar, one of President Obama most favoritest subsidized poster children, declared bankruptcy. It is now under riminal investigation for possible securities fraud, consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation.